Music Stories
“Words become plastic”: Stephen Mallinder, Cabaret Voltaire founder, polymath, interviewed
He’s been a vocalist (as a founding member of Cabaret Voltaire), a lyricist, a vocalist. But if you know the incredible Mal from his past, you don’t want to miss his latest, either – the groove is alive on the wonky disco Tick Tick Tick, ““cowbell on every track, and entirely no reverb.” David Abravanel shares words with the wordsmith and frontman.
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Celebrate your Blue Monday with the choir sound from New Order – and Kraftwerk’s Orchestron
Expect there are quite a few blue Blue Mondays in the house, so this is topical – our friend Alex Theakston dives down a rabbit hole straight to Kraftwerk’s very own Vako Orchestron.
In Dream Baby Dream compilation, a Berlin bar makes a gathering in sound
Music is not just made alone in sound-sealed rooms; it’s also that wasted time with friends that feeds us. So here in a compilation from a self-described “avant-garde cocktail parlour” comes a musical picture of people missing a place to share.
Inside Orphx’s terrific live technique, mixing modular and computer
Peter Kirn - January 2, 2017
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Adult Swim has a free noise album you don’t want to miss
Peter Kirn - December 27, 2016
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Pop, glam, death, and definitely not techno: Pop-Kultur Round-up
Peter Kirn - August 7, 2015
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